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No. 572,523. Patented Dec. 8, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CIIARLES BURTON, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES H. KRAFT,OF SAME PLACE, AND FRED L. SHOCH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

`COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,523, dated December8, 1896.

Application tiled March 7, 1896. Serial No. 582,170. (No modehl To allwhom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BURTON, a citizen of the United. States, anda resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State ofUtah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin-Controlled Vending-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to coin-controlled 1o vending-machines, and has forits objects the provision of a simple, cheap, effective, and reliablemachine of the class named for vending tickets, cards, or disks havingcert-ain values (in the way of indicated discounts or rebates orprivileges) in connection with purchases to be made at any time and atvarious places, and at the same time for vending ar` ticles forimmediate delivery and of value according to the indications afforded bythe apparatus, the underlying` proposition being that the machine shallaiord a means of promoting or stimulating trade, principally in theparticular line or lines of goods carried by the merchant who controlsthe machine and subordinately in the lines carried by any 'number ofdifferent houses which may avail themselves of the use of the disks orcards which are to be sold through the agency of the machine. Toaccomplish all of this to the operators as well as the owners, myimprovements involve novel and useful means for feeding or deliveringthe disks or cards, for making the necessary indications, forpreventing` fraud, and for securing simultaneous and accurate' action ofthe parts at each sale, and certain details of construction andarrangements or combinations of parts, as will be herein first fullydescribed and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front elevation of the machine, a portion being broken out. Fig.2 is a vertical section corresponding with Fig. 1, the view being takenon planes through the broken line 2 2 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a verticalview, partly in' section, showing the working parts. Fig. 4 is asectional elevation upon a plane at right angles with that of Fig. 3,illustrating correand to secure other and further advantagesr spondingportions, but with the parts difterentlypositioned. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section and partial plan view on a plane through line 5 5 inFig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively face and edge views of one of thedisks 5 5 which are to be employed in the machine. Figs. 8 and 9 are onmuch smaller scales than previous views, Fig. 8 being a side elevationof the complete machine and Fig. 9 a corresponding top or plan view.

In all the figures like letters of reference Wherever they occurindicate corresponding parts.

.A is the pin-board, constituting the principal front of the machine and-in which a series of pins are located and arranged after the mannerdescribed in the United States patent to Charles E. lVheeland, No.524,475, dated August 14, 1894, the slightly-projecting pins a beingseated in the bottoms of recesses b, and the tablet thus formed beingcovered by a glass plate A', so as to coniine the descending coin to thechannel between the glass plate and the board.

The coin is defiected in its downward movements by the pins as it falls,and it must leave the channel through one or the other of a series ofopenings established by pins, as c. Some of these discharge-openings aremarked to indicate various valu es, such as 10, 10, 25, 10, 10, (oranyother values,as may be desired,) and others are not marked, as ap pearsin Fig. l.

The receiving box or drawer B is supplied with narrow removable boxes,as d, constituting partitions and affordin g compartments between them.One of these boxes is located under each marked discharge-opening, thespaces between the boxes falling under the unmarked openings, but ofcourse this arrangement might be reversed.

When a coin is dropped down over the pinboard, if it passes through adischarge-opening having no marked value it finds its Way immediately tothe receivingcompartment below; but if it passes into one of the markedopenings provisionvis made for arresting it IOO consummated or recordedbefore the next coin can be admitted to the machine, and this to avoidmistakes, disputes, or fraud. The means employed for thus arresting thecoin consist of a number of arms e e, one for each marked opening, thesame projecting under the openings and being applied upon a rockshaft fand being held`normally in proper position by a suitable spring, as g.

The rod C, which is depressed whenever a coin is admitted to the channelin front of the pin-board, is connected with an arm h upon shaft f, andthus rocks the shaft, depressing arms c, by which movement they are tobe carried out of the way to allow any arrested coin to pass into theproper compartment in the receiving-box, and the arrangement insures theholding of a coin at its marked opening until another coin is droppedinto the machine. lf the coin dropped into the machine be smaller thanthat for which the machine is calculated, (that is, of less value thanit should be,) it will not depress the rod C far enough to carry thearms e down sufficiently to release the previously-arrested coin, andthe latter must remain in view until released by the admission of a coinof proper size. After the coin has been released the arms c areimmediately returned to their proper places by the action of the springg.

The merchant who owns or operates the m achine delivers to the patronany goods in his line (whatever that may be) up to the value of the markat the opening where the patrons coin is arrested, and thus the machineoperates to vend any of the merchants goods and is not confined to aparticular line contained in the machine, as in many of the forms ofvending-machines now in use, and this with manifest advantage to themerchant.

In addition to the vending provided for as above explained the machinecarries a supply of cards, tickets, or disks, which upon the deposit ofa coin of proper value are projected (one at a time, of course) anddelivered to the depositor, in addition to any goods of the purchasablevalue which may be indicated, as above explained, so that the depositormust always receive full value for his money, eliminating the feature ofchance of loss common to many machines.

On one face of the cards or disks referred to may be printed anyadvertisement, and this constitutes a source of revenue to the maker orseller of the machines. On the other face, on each, is printed itsvalue, either in trade or discount, or rebate, or price of admission, atany establishment (one or more) with which arrangementmay have been madefor allowance of such value. Usually these arrangements are made withmerchants in or near the locality where the machine is set up. So adepositor may receive in value many times more than that of his deposit,but it is made certain that he can never receive less.

The printed cards or disks D are ofuniform size and are received in atube or hopper D', being admitted thereto through a slot or opening il,and being projected from the lower end of the hopper, one at a time, anddelivered to the purchaser by mechanism to be hereinafter described.

E is a sliding bar movable back and forth through a slot in the top ofbox B. The inner end of this bar extends below the lower mouth of thehopper, and is recessed at its extremity sufiiciently to accommodate thethickness of one of the disks. Being pushed in far enough, the slidewill carry one of the disks with it beyond the margin of the hop? per,and if the disk be not removed from the slide it will travel back andforth with it and not be projected outside the machine.

Vithin the slide E is a hinged lever it, the same having a slightprojection adapted to reach up through a slot in the slide immediatelybeneath the position vof the disk which may be resting thereon, and uponthe shaft f is an arm Z, calculated to depress the end of lever 7i; whenthe arm itself is sufficiently depressed. This last condition willobtain when and only when a coin of proper size has been entered at theopening Im., through which all coins are to be deposited. rlhe tripperisplaced under tension by the arm l, so that when the slide moves out withthe front edge of the disk beyond the incline q the tripper snaps thedisk above the slide and the slide returns a short distance before thetripper begins to descend. The slide having been pushed in and the leverhaving been properly tipped, upon withdrawing the slide the disk thereonstrikes the margin of the hopper and is forced off the y slide, anddrops down and out at the opening n to be received by the purchaser.

At o is a little block of rubber or other substance under which themargin of the disk may catch when it is projected forward and tipped,and 1J p are walls of the channel leading to the opening n. At q 'is anincline on the lower mouth of the hopper to .facilitate the projectionof the disk from the slide when the disk has been suitably tipped.

The coin (represented at F) is entered at the slot m and is received inan opening in a movable bar G, which bar is connected with slide E by ahinged lever II. Upon pushing the slide in, the coin must be carriedforward, as will readily appear. As it travels forward it depresses ahinged block I, which rides upon the top of rod C. If the coin be of theproper diameter, it will, through the hinged block upon which ittravels, depress the rod C far enough to release the previously-arrestedcoin and tip the disk so that it may be delivered bythe machine; but ifthe admitted coin be not of the proper diameter the rod C will not besufficiently depressed and the disk will remain on the slide, theimproper coin being deposited, but without defrauding the machine. p

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the diameters of the coins in circulation, and to make certain that oneof the disks must be projected, even though the admitted coin may belacking a trifle in proper diameter, the shaft f carries a short rod rand the slide E carries a loop s, and these two are located with respectto each other so that when the shaft f is rocked the proper distancethrough the medium of the coin the loop s will ride upon the bar r andas the slide is pushed in will compel the shaft to rock and thus insurethat the tripping-lever shall operate upon the disk.

The spring I is connected with the hinged lever II and is made strongenough to force the slide E outward, in which position it is intended itshall remain until purposely pushed in. Y The compartments in thereceiving-box are for the purpose of enabling the merchant who operatesit to balance his accounts with the machine. The coins found in thecompartments under the marked spaces are counters which show the valueof the goods he has delivered. With these and the others from the othercompartments he is entitled to reimbursemenhthe balance, if any,belonging to the owner of the machine, as in the way of rent for itsuse.

The separate removable boxes facilitate the division and apportionmentof the coins, as will be readily understood.

The machine is simple and reliable, as required, and well calcula ted tostimulate trade, according to the purpose of the invention, aspreviously set forth.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a vending-machine, the combination with a board having pins fordeflectin g coins and marked spaces for their exit, of thereceiving-drawer divided into compartments by a number of narrow,independently-removable boxes, said boxes being separated from eachother and alfording compartments between them, substantially as shownand described.

2. In a vending-machine, a hopper for containing a supply of disks orcards and the recessed, sliding bar located over the coin-readisk-tripping mechanism and operating in connection with the hopper,substantially as described for projecting and delivering one of saiddisks or cards, the parts being combined and arranged substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

3. In a vending-machine, the arms for arresting the coins, said armsbeing located under the marked spaces, hung upon a rockshaft, andarranged to be lnoved by the descending rod bearing upon an arm on therock-shaft, an arm Z attached to said shaft, and a tripping-le vermounted in the slide-bar, the parts being combined and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4t. In a vending-machine, the slide-bar movable beneath the lower mouthof the hopper, a tripping-lever mounted in said bar, a rockshaftcarrying an arm for operating on the tripping-lever, a descending rodconnected with the rock-shaft, and a hinged lever connected with theslide-bar and carrying a slotted slide for moving the coin, the partsbeing combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

5. In a vending-machine, the combination with rod C, and the rock-shaftcarrying the coin-arresting arms actuated by said rod, of hinged leverH, slotted bar G, hinged block I, and a slide-bar connected with leverH, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a vending-machine, the slide-bar connected with the hinged leverand operating therethrough and through the connected, slotted block, toforce the admitted coin forward, said bar being recessed at the innerend and supplied with adisk-tripping lever and operating to deliver asingle disk from the hopper when the coin is admitted, the parts beingcombined and arranged substantially as shown.

7. In combination with the hopper, D', and the slide-bar, E, having thedisk tripping mechanism, the incline, q, to facilitate the removal ofthe disk from the slide when the disk is elevated and the slide-barretracted, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES BURTON. lVitnesses HARRY G. NAISBITT, ZEBULoN H. JACOBS.

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